Carton for flexible conduits



C. W. ABBOTT.

CARTON FOR FLEXIBLE CONDUITS.

APPLICATION. FILED JAN. 26, 1921.

Patented 00f. 11),11922.

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Application filed January 26, 1921. Serial No. 439,928. i

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that LCHAUNCEY W1, ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented .a certain' new and useful Improvement in Cartons for FlexibleConduits, of whichthe following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying. drawing, forming a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to cartons for flexible conduit, and more particularly to that type ofconduit which is constructed by interweaving strands'ofcotton or other suitable material with a stiffening helix of twisted, or folded, paper.

It is the usual practice to supply conduit ofthis type in coils, each coil containing a certain quantity of conduit. are sometimes provided with a covering to protect the conduit from injury. Heretofore, it has been necessary to destroy this coverin when the conduit wasto be used. General only a comparatively short length of conduit is withdrawn from the coil atany one time, the remainder of the conduit, being left without any protection, and therefore exposed to injury during subsequent transportation, or when it is handled about the job in which the conduit is to be used. As the danger of injury to the conduit is handled about the job than when the conduit is transported, it is apparent that the coverings heretofore employed afford comparatively little protection. i A

An object of my invention is to provide a carton adapted to contain and protect a coil of the aforesaid conduit during. transportation, the carton having marked on one of its sidewalls a portion to beremoved .to provide an openingthrough which any desired length of conduit may be unwound,

and withdrawn from the coil, leaving the remainder of the coil intact, and protected embodying the novel features of my inven-.

tion;

flexible conduit is 'over in a well-known manner.

These coils greater when the coil is Flgure 2 is. a perspective view of the carton lllustrating the manner in which withdrawn from the coil within the carton, and

igure 3 is asection taken on line 33 of Figure 1, looking in the' direction of the arrows.

Similar characters of reference indicate parts throughout the several views.

similar In the drawing, 5 indicates a carton preferably made of cardboard, said carton .5 having side walls 6 and 7, a top wall 8 and a bottom wall 9. The ends 10 and 11 of the carton 5 are closed by flap portions of the walls 6, 7, 8 and 9, the flaps being folded To securely seal the carton 5, I preferably provide a strip 12 of adhesive ta e, which entirely covers the outer sides 0 the walls 8 and 9' andthe ends 10 and 11. I 'As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the carton is adapted to envelop a coil of flexible conduit, a coil of flexible conduit being indicated at 13. The coil is formed by winding the conduit u on a drum so as to form aring. having eacli loop disposed in a plane substantially normal to the axis of the ring. Withdrawal of the drum from the coil permits the conduit to be unwound from the inner side 'of the ring. The inner end of the conduit is indicated at 14.

The carton 5 as above described is adapted to protect the conduit from injury, and

it is being withdrawn from'the coil.

To permit. the withdrawal'of any quantity of conduit Without first destroying the carton, I indicate by means of a plurality .of slits 15,01 other suitable markings, in or on the wall 6, a portion 15 of said wall 6 adapted to be partially or entirely cut, away from the surrounding wall material. The resulting aperture is shown at 17, and is' so shaped that the conduit will, not catch in a corner or projection of the wall around said aperture. As shown in Fig. 2, that portion of the wall which is removed from the aperture 17 need not be cut entirely away, but may be left attached to the. side wall by. a hinge strip as at 18, thus making a door member of the portion 15. In the preferred construction of my invention, I

closed by the door mem 14- of the conduit may be drawn through.

'. provide a shawl strap whereby the carton may be carried. I have shown a shawl strap comprising a pair of straps 21-21, disposed around the carton, connected by a strlalp 22 having a handle 23, secured thereto. aving thus, described one fornrof my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is: A ackage comprising a circular'coil'of 'flexib e conduit, a substantially rigid and permanently closed cardboard container for said coil comprising side walls" extending at right angles to the axis or: said coil and end'walls connecting said slde walls,

' herent tendency to expand, one of said side walls being provided on its ,outer surface withindicla circumscribing a portion of said wall, the cente'r of said circumscribed portion being in substantial alignment with the axis of said coil, the inner-end of thecoil lying adjacent said circumscribed portion.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 17th da of January, 1921.

CHAUN EY W.,A]BBOTT.. Witnesses:

' C. E. RUTHERFORD, Com LEE FISHER. 

